Autism and school

School was a nightmare today. Gavin had to go to the office at least twice today. He did not have a good day. We tried to talk to him about it but he “couldn’t” remember.

I wish I knew what the motivation for his actions were. He says he can’t help it but I don’t know whether I can believe him. It really looks like he’s making a lot of bad choices. I know he’s not being truthful when he says he can’t remember if he went to the office today. Or maybe he is and we are dealing with multiples, which has been suggested in the past. Which would explain why he doesn’t remember. Most likely he thinks he is going to get in trouble even though we tell him he’s not.

I don’t know what to do anymore. But we just spent the last hour trying to understand what happened today. We already got the cliffnotes version from his teachers but we wanted to hear it from him. My head hurts and my chest is heavy. If I had the energy, I would just go beat my head into the wall until I blacked out. This is so frustrating.

LT

Take a second and answer today’s Autism Parenting poll

Is your child with Autism on an IEP?

Yes

No

What's an IEP?

Was when younger.

School won't give us one. Say 504 is enough because he has no academic issues...yet.

Leave a Reply (Login to the site or comment as a guest)

Meet the Author

The Autism Dad Podcast

Support the Cause

This site not only helps people across the globe but it’s also helping me provide for my own struggling special needs family. If you’re so inclined, you can help support my efforts by clicking the donate button below.